diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index bcccad7487a9..89de23dec401 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ endif
 perf-util-y += cs-etm-base.o
 
 perf-util-y += parse-branch-options.o
-perf-util-y += dump-insn.o
 perf-util-y += parse-regs-options.o
 perf-util-y += parse-sublevel-options.o
 perf-util-y += term.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.c b/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c1cc0ade48d0..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include "dump-insn.h"
-
-/* Fallback code */
-
-__weak
-const char *dump_insn(struct perf_insn *x __maybe_unused,
-		      u64 ip __maybe_unused, u8 *inbuf __maybe_unused,
-		      int inlen __maybe_unused, int *lenp)
-{
-	if (lenp)
-		*lenp = 0;
-	return "?";
-}
-
-__weak
-int arch_is_uncond_branch(const unsigned char *buf __maybe_unused,
-		   size_t len __maybe_unused,
-		   int x86_64 __maybe_unused)
-{
-	return 0;
-}